Don't just rehabilitate a half-crushed box turtle so that it can crawl again. Turn the turtle into a Hot Wheel.

More and more, roboticians have been outfitting animals with cybernetic prosthetics, claiming such upgrades have a rehabilitative purpose. For example, a toy airplane's landing wheel is grafted to the carapace of an otherwise paralyzed turtle named Little Bit, so now he can move ... at speeds that are both fast and furious! Still a turtle? Or is Little Bit now a highly mobile, semi-intelligent weapon on a trajectory for your ankles?

After the jump, enjoy a salamander that looks like a Harley. Oh look, a frog with a radioactive sign on its ass and a bed spring in its leg. These are cold-blooded animals, folks. Not natural born killers, sure, but with a few modifications ... a frog goes from jumping high to jumping even higher -- up the food chain! What do you think a cyborg elephant eats? YOU, for breakfast.




You can do some amazing things with Photoshop, huh? Just make sure you post your Franken-freaks to Webshots or another online gallery after you're done. Some place where I can find and use them to incite my imagination and your hysteria.

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